6. • Safe And Loving Community.
• Our Centers, Which Feel Like Being In
Someone’s Home, Are Warm, Inviting
And Intentionally Designed To Care For
Adults Living With Life-altering
Diagnoses.
• For Caregivers, We Offer Support
Through Dedicated And Educated Staff,
Caregiver Retreats And Concierge
Services To Help Make Life A Bit More
Simple And Time Together More Precious.
• For Employers, The Care That Joy’s
House Provides Helps Employers Reap
The Benefit Of More Focused Employees
Who Are Able To Be More Productive In
Their Careers, Knowing That Their Loved
Ones Are At Joy’s House – Safe And
Engaged.
• For The Community, Joy’s House Is Most
Interested In Helping To Educate People
About The Healthcare Option Of Adult
Day Service.
Guests, Caregivers, Employers & Community
7. My Recommendation
• The Marketing & Fundraising o reach the community
• Find many different sources of communication to reach
the community especially on the traditional method side.
• Work closely as a team and are in constant
communication with each of the departments to try and
better reach the community for the advancement of The
Joy House mission and vision.
8. Get Involved
• We want to know you and
we want you to know us.
• Come to our events.
• Volunteer.
• Spread the word.
11. Bold action rescues Joy’s House
• The warning signs were out there, the proverbial
perfect storm brewing on the horizon. And Cayla
Rosine, the vice president of finance and operations at
Joy’s House in Indianapolis, was worried.
• “We were drawing on our line of credit, and we’ve
never done that before. This was serious,” said Rosine
of a critical juncture last summer when Joy’s House
found itself staring at a potential shortfall that
threatened to shutter the organization just as it was
approaching its 20th anniversary.
In 2000, Joy’s House Broad Ripple opened its doors to accept its first two guests. Over the years, the numbers of Guests and house have expanded to meet a growing need for services in our community. In 2007, Joy’s House launched a capital campaign to increase the size of the small farmhouse where it began to 12,000 square feet. In 2009, Joy’s House celebrated our grand opening of the beautiful newly expanded space, designed specifically for the needs of many families who rely on us for excellent adult day service. Additionally, Joy’s House Broad Ripple continues to provide office space for most of the administrative staff.
Joy’s House Broad Ripple – 2028 E. Broad Ripple Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46220
A note from Tina McIntosh, Founder & President of Joy’s House. Published June 22, 2020.
It feels great to be able to say…So much is happening at Joy’s House right now! It’s almost as if we’re throwing our shoulders back, lifting our heads and shouting, “Let’s do this!” We’ve been working hard during this pandemic to stay connected with our families, providing respite, relief and resources as needed. Our families are strong, but let’s be honest – caregiving is a lot. That’s where we come in. And we are thrilled to be able to say that we are re-opening our doors at our Broad Ripple location on July 1. There are a myriad of details that go into how we do this as safely as possible and like everything we do at Joy’s House, with great intention. If you’d like details about what this looks like, email me.
Here on our website you’ll find a list of In-Kind Donation Needs as we begin serving with our adult day services again. I want to thank you in advance for giving that list some extra attention. I also want to thank those of you who have responded to our spring solicitation letter with financial donations. We’ve appreciated donations being directed, during this pandemic time, to organizations focusing on foundational human needs – food, shelter, medical healthcare. But now, we’re asking you to consider the needs of Joy’s House. We’ve seen what this time of quarantine has done to the families who rely on us for exceptional adult day and caregiver services and it’s time for us to ask for your support. If you’d like to make a donation to Joy’s House today, click here.
But before we go any further, I want to take a moment to recognize my incredible co-workers. As of June 13, we either furloughed or reduced the hours of 61% of our staff. It’s our fervent hope that we’ll be back to 100% employment in the not-so-distant future. Let’s be honest – we are who we are because of the staff and volunteers who make Joy’s House a place where we can serve our community and live out our values of:
Our fundraising events are held throughout the year and range from an elegant gala to family-friendly open houses. We would love for you to attend and invite you friends!
We encourage our supporters to consider hosting a Friends of Joy’s House event. Whether it’s an art event or a party, this is an opportunity for you to help us spread our mission through our community and raise funds while doing something that brings you joy! The proceeds from these events go directly to our Guest Scholarship Fund.
By donating to Joy’s House, you are helping us keep families together. Your financial support allows Joy’s House to provide exceptional adult day and caregiver services.
Your gift is so important to us and we promise to make you proud.
Earlier this year, Joy’s House already had made some tough decisions. It reduced staff and eliminated its WIBC radio show, “Caregiver Crossing,” which was transitioned as a podcast in August.
Unfortunately, the Joy’s House board realized, those cost-cutting measures weren’t enough and in late summer, the decision was made to start a critical fundraising campaign, a somewhat unusual move for a nonprofit.
“Tina (McIntosh) would talk about how when they were thinking about the idea of the critical fundraising campaign, she Googled it. There’s nothing out there. Nonprofits just don’t do the critical,” said Shadday.
While the physical houses are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joy’s House is still working to provide exceptional care and support to our families. During this time, Caregiver Crossing has transitioned to a video series to provide comfort, resources and joy to our caregivers.
Inspired by our own Miss Harriet, The Hau’oli Project is a movement to spread hau’oli (how’ooh-lee), which means “joy” in Hawaiian, to those in need of comfort and love during this difficult time.
How can you be a part of The Hau’oli Project?
We are looking for advocates in our community to connect with caregivers, providing comfort and support, in every day and creative ways. That might be sending a small gift, becoming pen pals, playing a game on FaceTime, attending a virtual church service together, doing yoga together on Zoom – the sky is the limit! All advocates will be thoroughly screened, including a background check, to ensure the utmost safety for our caregivers.
Most of the families who attend Joy’s House hear about our services through word of mouth. If you see the potential for need would you consider telling your friends, family and neighbors about our Adult Day Services and Caregiver Support Services? Caregivers should know that they’re not alone on their caregiving journey and many do not know about the option of Adult Day Services. Join us in spreading the word about our option of care.
